Hanger for air cables



March 4, 1930. O 5 B 1,749,669

HANGER FOR AIR CABLES Filed Dec. 1. 1926 llvve/vra K Patented Mar. 4,1930 UNTED STATES PATENT OFFICE OTTO ANGELL GRONBERG, OF OSLO, NORWAYHANGER FOR AIR CABLES Application filed December 11, 1926, Serial No.154,152, and in Norway December 22, 1925.

-The present invention has for its Object fitting a carrying wire and acable respeea hanger for air cables comprising a metal tively, endportions continuin from the strip, the opposite ends of which are bentloops and arranged adjacent the medial porso as to form two loops, oneof which is tion, and means for connectin each of the adapted to fit thecarrying wire, whereas the end portions independently wi ih the medialother is adapted to fit the cable. Between the portion, includingtongues inte ral with and loops the strip is preferably given a curvedroj ti f th l t l d f one f or angular cross section. The free ends ofthe said portions and engagino and orippina th strip is formed tocorrespond with the midlateral edges of the other djaceii t porti-dn.

19 die part thereof and is provided on both sides 2. A hanger for aircable a claim d in 6G with hooks or loops adapted to slip over the claim1, wherein the lateral tongues are inedges of the middle part by beingpresse tegral with the side edges of each of the two against the same.The angular or curved end portions of the hanger.

sides of the middle part press the hook- In testimony whereof I havesigned my 19 formed part of the ends outwards so that they name to thisspecification.

finally slip over the edges. The hooks may OTTO ANGELL GRGNBERG also beformed on the middle part and being adapted to grip over the edges ofthe ends although the. first mentioned form is pre- 20 ferred.

On the drawing Fig. 1 is an end View of the hanger, the same beingillustrated with full lines in the closed position and with dotted linesin its open position.

Fig. 2 is a view of the hanger seen from the left hand side of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a View as seenfrom the right hand side of Fig. 1, and Fig. lis a cross section on the line IV-IV on Fig. 2. As will be seen themetal strip A is bent at B to form a loop fitting the carrying Wire Cand at D so as to form a loop fitting the cable E. The middle part isgiven 3r an angular cross section, as seen on Fig. 4: and

" the same cross section is given to the free ends 35 G and H of themetal strip. The free ends are also provided with hooks Ladapted to slipover and grip the edges of the angular middle part F when pressedagainst the same, thereby locking the hanger in its closed 190- sition.

As it will be understood the said books I may also be formed on themiddle part, the 45 ends being adapted to be placed towards the concaveside of the same.

Claims: I 1. A hanger for air cables formed from a single strip ofresilient metal comprising a medial portion, loops continuing from theends of the medial portion and adapted for 100

